We are getting a puppy :)

Well, not just yet, hopefully this time next year, once we have our house. After some deliberation we have decided on a Beagle.... can't wait!

Year End

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and our last day of work before Christmas. We finish at 1 and then will be in and out of the office until 4th Jan. The majority of time I'll be off though - yeh!

I didn't get the promotion, despite feeling like i was led to believe that I would do by my manager. I feel OK about it as I know I'll get there in time but at the same time can't help but feel like I've let both myself and Mada down.

I guess we'll just have to work extra hard at saving to get our house next year. We WILL have our house by next year. I'll make sure of it!

I'll be wrapping all my Christmas presents tonight and I'm excited to do so, especially my presents for Mada which I have put so much thought into - I hope he likes them.

Last night a few of us went for dinner at The Bee. Although pricey, the place has undergone a complete revamp and the food was AMAZING.

I love Christmas time, so much time to spend with friends and family. The best parts being midnight mass tomorrow night, waking up next to Mada and sharing Christmas day with my whole family - yay!

To 2010! Woho!

Hilarious

My colleague was winding me up just now and I looked up from my desk and said jokely "You're such a chi bai". Ha! She looked at me like "WTF??"

It just came out. Lol :o)

Lucky Me

It's lovely to have such dilemmas isn't it? Too have too much choice, rather than too little.

Dilemma

I am being interviewed on Monday to potentially be promoted and take care of a Sales maternity position for 9 months. The prospects are great and I'm gonna go for it.

My head says do it.

My heart tells me to hang in there and wriggle my way into production and broadcasting but this won't happen over night and I'm not sure I have the patience and time to commit to it. I know, like anything though, if I want it badly enough, I'd work at it.

I usually make heart felt decisions but I'll let my head lead for now, see how it goes and if I am successful, perhaps in 9 months I can look at my options once again.

Although given my lack of qualifications in this area I don't know if I'll get the job at all. But I'll give it a crack.

2009 has treated me well so far, to end on an even bigger high would be simply too good to be true!

November

November has been a whirlwind of a month and finally today, December arrives.

November was a trying month, but a good month all the same. With all the goings on Mada and I have found, at times, our relationship a little less easy, than the previous months. But we realised that despite being upset with one another at times, we have both worked equally as hard to keep going at it.

We realised that we are still in our early days and we are still learning about one another but essentially, that we make each other better people and will grow stronger individually and as a couple by being by one an other's side.

Last week was tough in particular with his friends from America visiting. Although it has been fun, our usual everyday living schedule has been disrupted, resulting in irritable and irrational behaviour at times but that in turn has somehow made us even stronger.

December 1st (today) was in my mind, set to be a fresh start, however, this morning was the first frost of the year and devastatingly I got caught out by black ice on the road this morning and after a 360 degree spin on a straight (but thankfully wide and empty) road, crashed my car resulting in a trip down to the accident and emergency.

I'm OK but I have whiplash and having layed down all day in bed I needed to do something, and blogging seemed appropriate. What I was thankful for the most, was knowing that I had told Mada I loved him last night and him telling me too, before saying goodnight and when I called him from the roadside in hysterics that he was there for me instantly, not by being by my side literally, but by being him.

I'm sorry I don't blog so often these days, I miss writing too. This last week of tension has made me realise that I need to keep working on re balancing my life so I have time for everything. Too much time with one particular aspect of your life can destroy it. But not enough time can be equally fatal.

I can't believe it's now December 2009... so close to the date I heard those words "One day Katelin... one day...". One day has arrived and is here to stay.